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Discussion Regarding Pulling Eirika

So, as a starter. I adore Sacred Stones, mainly Eph and Lyon's story, the way they wrote Lyon and Eph's interactions and made sure that Lyon remained alongside Arvis/Julius as one of the best tragic heroes in FE history. However, I have a tendency to not like Eirika's, it was bad IMO and she's far too naive for what's going on, not to mention Eph kinda grows up at the end of the game. Eirika stays naive and doesn't really feel like she learns much, but that's just me. This should about tell you how I feel for both characters, since I guess this is m trying to explain my reason for not pulling to see if I'm the only one that's this conflicted XD

Now, given this. I've never pulled like crazy for all but one unit (P!Olivia deserves it, and Legendary M!Robin will one day as well), and given how these 2 are setup, I'm unsure if I should even think about it.

Eirika will be her infantry version with a few more stats, a blessing slapped on and 2 prf skills (a weapon and the brace). She'll do damage equal to Zelg but at the cost of, well a B Slot Skill (Zelg can double automatically with BF and the rest is easy) not to mention she's a wipier Zelg who can't tank for jack. Given this, I do find her good, but not as good as some say. Hell she at lvl 40 did 19 damage to a lvl 30 Valter. Thats just not Ok at all.

Then we have her fodder. Atk/Spd Solo is good, but not incredible. Odd Def Wave is a wasted sacrifice if I can get a Silas, Moonbow is stupid and her weapon is a no go, so she's relegated to Atk/Spd Solo fodder. And even given that, most of the units that would like Atk/Spd Solo (waiting for atk/def solo) , can probably run other skills, so she's not fodder for me.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that, though I can see her as cool and interesting (strong even) she's not really a unit I'd pull for. Sure, she's a main Lord, and sure, alot of main Lord's are naive . But I've never liked her much, her current art is kinda off putting to me (it's literally her infantry version with bigger shoulder pads, more spikes and a different cape. Her mage version looks more Legendary to me). Her skills are OK but nothing to die for, and I probably don't want to have to roll for her and hope I don't get the specific IV"s that must be -res, lest I get IV"s that lower her def, atk, spd or hp more since she'll be a walking glass cannon that can proc her Super Luna once and then be relegated to the sidelines without some way to heal.

All of this pretty much means I'm not pulling for her at all unless there are only red stones and the game kinda gives her to me. It might be a mix of how I dislike her archetype of characters (not a huge fan of Celica either mind you XD), her weapon type and the fact that she's gonna be a more fragile and neutered Zelgius.Her art is meh compared to her Mage version actually looking unique. Even if this was what I expected in the end, even if I knew she'd be here today ( wanted somebody else but I knew it'd be her) I expected some incredible art, some crazy weapon, something cool to make her a semi offensive support unit as per usual. But we're just left with another glass cannon sword that's probably gonna get 1-2 tapped by somebody and just fall over dead.

Anybody else feel like she's just a mix of all these things and a bit more away from being worth pulling for? Cause I sure as hell feel it...

Asked by ArgentSable2 months ago
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I totally agree. When I saw her kit, it honestly felt like it was just a lot of stuff slapped on her and they said “This bad gurl can fit so much uh...well something in it”

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Well I kinda want her and also could use a chill spd.
But I'm just gonna try a little bit and then stop.
Kinda glad accually, since there are already good units floating around on banners atm

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